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Added 4 October 2026

allure

/əˈlʊɚ/ noun

In Latin: allectō, pelliciō Wiktionary

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The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

verb

To entice; to attract.

noun

Gait; bearing.
The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.

Origin

From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). By surface analysis, al- + lure.

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